Combined cultivator and twin seed and fertilizer sowing implement



J. H. BUCHEN.' COMBINED CULTI-VATOR AND TWIN SEEUAND FERTILIZER SOWING IMPLEMENT.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 9.1920.

Patented Jan. 31

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` 1. H. REICHELT. COMBINED CULTIVAIOR AND TWIN SEEDAND FERTILIZER SOWING IMFLEMENT.

APPUCATION Fill-ID FEB-911920.

' Patented Jan. 31, 1922.

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l J. H..REICHELT. COMBINED CULTIVATOR AND TWIN SEED AND FERTILIZER SO'WING- IMPLEMENT.

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APPLICATION FILED FEB. 9| 1920.

ooMBiNED oULrIvATor 'AND rWiNsEEnANn FERTILI'ZRsowrixiemrnnmnnrl. a if To aZZfwwmzp' may cof/wcm: i s i Beit' known that JOHANN HEINRICH REI- CHELT, a subject of theling of'Great VBritain, and resident of Lorquon, inthe State of Victoria, Commonwealth of Australia, has

Y invented a certaingnew Aand useful kImproved Vso Combined Cultivatorsand Twin Seed and Fertilizer Sowing Implement,of which the` following is a specication.. a

This invention relates to a combined` cul-V tivator and twin-*seed andfertilizerfsowing i -implement and has been speciallydevised `in order Vto provide an implement of :greater utility than Vthose at'presentnin use.v

The art of yseeding and fertilizing in cultivation as it atrpresent existsis 'defective for the reason thatthe furrows'are usually seven inches apart, and whereasA acropv of greatly increased value would be obtained, using the same amount of seed and fertilizer if the furrows were approximatelyfthree and one half inches apart andf'a greater spread thus given to the seed and fertilizer, -yet no machine has been evolved to accomplish this function vin a single seeding and'fertilizer operation. i' i This invention has, therefore, been devised in order to overcome existing ydefects and tofy provide an implement by thefuse of, which the seed and fertilizer will besown :in furf rows approximately three; and one half inches apart in a simpleand eectivelmanner.

readily understood Lit Ywill now` be described with reference to the accompanying dravs''-v ings in which:-.V l Figure l isa View in side elevation of the improved implement, some of thefpart'sbeing removed for Vthe purposes of illustration.

Figure 2 is aview lin planof the implement with the Vseed andfertiliz'e'r distributing box removed. i

Figure is afview in planfof vthe lmechanism for controlling the, drive vof :the moving parts of the implement'f f 'e Figure 4: is va view in side elevationjpartly in section, and Y Figure 5 is a' view'in section 'offthesaid Figure Gis a view in side eleyatioii, partly in section, of the .lever mechanism controlling the clutch mechanism and the rock'shaft for raising .and lowering,tliegfioatingcari'iers..

rtl4 l Tn order.y that theinvention befmore According to ToHANN HEiNRioH @aEICHELnOr LORQON,vIoToRIAQAusrRALrAs sl'eifidatitiiof Letters Patent. Patgtd/al "31,`f1922` '5 v Apliicationinearebruarj9, iaac. fseriai imsalisejy .Figure 1 0. is a fragmental plan'fofg. mod i.-v fied construction ofthe saine showing foii'r separate compartments.; Figure 11a-is a nfr agi'i'iental pl'a'n ofa ffurf ther modification of the Ytwin.'seedaiid' fer? tilizery delivery boxi showing one arrange ment` of controlling thev feedV of 'the fertilizer Vto therespective hoes.

Figures; 12, 13 and ,14 are `views illustrati ing v in Vdiagrainma tic plan, thestagg'ering ar rangement. lof the tine's'l,` and hoes when arl ranged in three', four and five parallel rows across'the'machineg; f l. 'L

Figurelfis a diag'rammaticfview in side elevation'o'f'the preferred mannerv of 'drivin'g theshaft ofthe -grain feeding mechanism,

' Figure 16 is affsimilarlview of a ignodi fica-` tion ofthe said drivel` L v iiFigu're" '1 7 'sl view in Aplan o f the pre-v l85y ferreddrive'forthe fertilizer shafts'l when 'a double star wheelfeeding-mechanisms e ployedl' i FigurevlS isa View.v in plan of the driyje for, thejfe'rtilizer feeding mechanismwhfen'fa 9e singlerow of star lwheelsfisemployed, each vstar wheel adapted to 'each feed a' plurality of conduitsjf' '1 22 f v x v his inventiony a rectangular frame 1 abov'ethe rear-*portion'of whiclris 95 supported a dualgrain 'andfertilizer 'b oxQ',

is mounted upon'lafpain of rear driying and main traction wheels,`andforwardly n ftwoY f steeringwheels 4, .thepillars @of the iels 4 being supported by sleeves 6 conn'elctedfby 100 la front bar-'71 The frame v is also'provided with diagonal connecting beamswhile furf' 'ther transverse beams. 9fan1d- 10 arev 'also pro- The forward ends-of the beamsJS aremcd n'ected to the bar fgbyfclamps 11 wliilefurther clamps `12j connect: the "beams l8v tof'h Y frontbar 1.3. oftheman frame- L fgf The draft swiiigle trees' (not shown) 'are f mountedl forwardly of the j frame and i are 1 10 Should it be desired to connect the Ldraft swingle. .trees onv either side ofthe centre7 the bar 17 may be adjusted by means of the chain .18` which is interchangeably engaged.

perforations 19wdistance'd Valong the bar 17 at either side of the front linkof the chain 14 of the draft mechanism. Y Thisbar 17 and the chain 18 are clamped to thev front bars 20, which are pivotally connected at each end to vthe-adj acent rearwardly er1-tendingsteering arm y21 which. latter is connected tofthelowe'r ends Vof the adjacentl steering wheel pillar 5` so thatjshould'the draft vexert a pully on either: side ofl the centre,` the steering wheels will automatically followy the direction of the draft travel.V

vThe main frame and the mechanism carried therebyv are capable.. of being raised or 47o Y l within the bearing 44,the inner end of the loweredfaccording to whetherV the implement is in tilling operation or. being transported, the raising an'dlowering mechanism consisting ofa quadrant rack 22 fitted to the tie Vbarn'23 which isv arrangedV transversely and secured t'o theV top of the pillars 5 at 24. I I L The'main tractor wheels 3 are looselyl mounted on stub axles 37 Vcarried'in bearings'securedto the'underside ofthe central beam l0 Vof 'the frame,'and each wheel is ittedwith a vhub 39 projecting inwardly andprovided with a sprocket wheel 40 gear ing by al chain 41' with anothersprocket 42 on the rear countershaft 43 which Vis mounted in bearings 44 supported'by the side walls of the seed and fertilizer box 2. ,Y Y, f The sprocket wheel 42is fixed to a sleeve 45 mounted loosely on thecountershaft 43 sleeve 45 being flanged'and formedl with clutch teeth 46 whichare adapted to be Vengaged by the clutch teeth 47 on aY collar 48 having asliding movement on the countershaft 43, thesliding movement being limited by a pin 49 secured` to the countershaft upon which the collar 48 is adapted to slide by means; of the slot 50 formed in tli-e said collar. l Y l' Y The clutch" collar 48 is under the tension of a compression. spring 51 which-.is held at i its opposite end infposition by aV collar`52` fitted to the countershaft 43. flfhefclutch 46,

47 i'sthrown into and out of gear by a slidling. arm 53, thejrear end of which is provided with a bifurcated member 54 adapted to pass between the sleeve 44 and the collar 48 the rear portions of the.y arms of the bifurcated member 54 being narrower than `the innerV portions, kthe wider and narrower `'portions being connected byfinchned surfaces 55, and when the narrower portion 56 of the bifurcated member Ais between the c ollar 48 and the sleeve V44 as (shown in Figure 3, the clutch members mesh owing toL the gaged being held open against the'compressionvof the spring 51 and the operatingparts are thus idle `and the machine ready `for transport. Y f

The forward end of the bar 53 pivotally connects at 58 with the short arm 59 bolted to vthe rocker arm 60 which 4extends transversely of the main frame andis supported in bearings v61 mounted onthe fram-e, as illustrated in FigureV 2.

, The rockerarm or bar 60 is also provided with a clamp 62 having a short arm 63with va bifurcated` end v64 to allow of thepivotal connection therewith of a link 65 connected i to a link 66, one end of which link 66, is pivotedat l67 to-a bracket 68 fitted tothe cross beam 10 of the main frame 1.

The-opposite end ofthe link y66 is capable of adjustment to andon Va further'link 67"- -which is pivoted at '68 to the bifurcated end 69 of a short arm 70 secured to a rearwardly projecting rod 71 preferably square in cross section and mounted Yin bearings 72 and 73 iitted to the main frame. The outer end. of this rod 71 connects Vwith a lever 74V at the rear of the frame and this lever 74 is provided with theusual spring controlled pawl 75 engaging a quadrant rackl76 fitted to the stay beam 77 one end of which connects with the main frame and the upper end connects with the grain boX.

ln the operation of tlielever and when it` ioo i israised, the interconnecting links 67e, 66,

and 65 causes the operation of the rockerbar 60 rwhich causes the sowing hoes andtines to come into operative position for tilling purposes throughv the levers y78 which support verticalv rods 79 connecting at the lower end with floating frames 80 supporting Vthe hoes 81. Y

A pair of arms .7 8 and rods 79 is employed' for each carrier the parts being so positionedl that they Yconnect with both sides of the carriers. e l Y Y y The rods 79 are capable of va vertical move ment relatively to the arms7 8 and a helical springv 83 surrounds each rod. 79V between VtheV corresponding armV and the Afloating frame, s0 that should. the hoe or tine strike a stumpor other obstacle in the' course kof travel, the floating carrier is automatically raised against the compression of the springs 83 irrespective of the position of the arms 78. In order to facilitate the raising of the 'iloatingvframes 80 by thelever 74, tlierocker Y bar 60 isprovided with armsr 84 arranged.von

' around" each rodv "85 and lis so 'arrangedas to facilitate the raising ofithe'liioating carriers and consequently the hoes carried `thereby Jon the operation of thelever '1.` w-

The'iioating carriers@ SOj-are preferably somewhat rectangular 4inshape and 'are arranged parallel with each'frotherebelow thev mainframejl, being pivoted at 88l at the front 'endstOE'braCkets 89de`pending from said frame. 'I

Preferably lfo'ur Heating carriers 80' are employedl in '-a; twenty-iive furrow imple.-` ment,lbei`ng'arranged side :by side across the implementfromV wheel 'to' wheel?l and substantially fin' -line I withy 'each' vother and each floating carrier isv pro-vided with cross pieces 90 on whichfare-k mounted stump :jump arms or supports 9 1 'f carrying combined hoes'fan'd {tines5 -th'e supports 91 being -bolted as at v92' to the ycrossmembers 901: The Vhoes consist' of' hollow comparatively. deep lnarrow conduit receivers-93' wider. at the top than atthe bottomI where each "'hoe is .fitted at its forwardedge 'with a cultivatingtine orshare. "Y

The preferred form of stumpl jump mech-v anism is illustrated'inFigures -7 and 8 and preferably consists of a forwardly jproject ingv arm104""fitted to or formed.- near the top of the front of thehoe 81 'and adapted to` 'pa`ssv within the 'bifurcated orgrooved supporting bracket or ann-91, the bifurcation. fof whichopens through the rear portion ofthe 'top 'of the 'arm 91'asat-106- The arm 104 of 'the' hoe is'pivoted by a pin or the like '1 07L`at'apo'int near' the body of the hoerto allow the cultivating tool and hoe to rise `rear-wardly vfrom thejfsaid pivot, the outer Vor forward'endfof 'the hoe` varm 104 being normally held in position by a` spring 108 which isfitt'ed lt0 and extends fromrthe end of :the carrier orisupportingme'mber 91 and is bent around the same under Ethe'A free rendiof thehoearm 104 to lock` the said arm in its nolmal position inthegroove' 105'..v

The hoe'Y arml therefore rest'sin the slot 105 formed in the supporting member 91 so givingithe' hoe ancl -tine adequate support vhileallowing' of theirE free rearward movement" from thejpivotf10711Y'` The end of the'm'ember'Ql to which the hoe is pivotally connectedfis provided with a ver-- tical extension 109-whichisfslotted as'at 110 toreceivefand support one-end of a sliding To d f111'which is provided' adjacent its :other end withallixed ring vo'riiange 112, said rod carrying an expanslble coil spring llwhich bears at opposite ends against: said extension and flange. Thefextreme inner` endof 'the slidable "rod 11J1fisbifurcatedfas at11e and engages a transverse' pin 115 carried by and lthe vertically arranged Lflanged wheels lugs T116 :or the like vat the. upper end "ofr the;v hoeframe93.

'g The; Vcombined -hoeand jump-mechanism as`- above described' are mountedina pluralityofrowsin .staggered 7 0. formation on theA iioating carriers 80 in such a manner' that'the furrowsfjarethreeand one half-inches apart and where fou-r floating carriers *are llinounted fito a' twenty-five furrow implement5v the-first, 'second andthird lcarriers would imountia similar; 'num-- berofho'esf and tines and vstump ju'mpa mech# anism-'and '.-the rear seedfcompartmentl of the seed and 'fertilizer'. .distributor `.box/f2 would ha-ve .thirteen grain feeding-forifices 134 and thev front f grain feeding: compart-v ment 1135 lwould have "twelvev grain feeding orifices 136.- 1 i i flnthe con-structionillustrated in Figure 9, thefgrai'nandf fertilizer box `visfdivided into three compartmentsQrle 135=and 13.7 the central compartment .137 being usedfor 'i feedingV fertilizer toz-the'hoes.` -1-Thefgrain and .fertilizer :compartments are fitted withv hinged lids.(not shown)y and 90 theifloor isf.y provided. v with` suitable .i grain and@ Afertilizer distributing devices (not shown) but preferably the wellLlrnown star or` cone feed is utilizedforthe-:fertilizer are vprovided forthe f grain feed,.it being preferable thatl the .ribs'o'f the grain .wheels `be formed slightly.closerftogether than atV presentto increase-theivolume of feed to theY conduitsl `138Ljleading 'tof' the hoes..k f1' 1- The deliveryxchutes' of .thevgrainandffer j. tilizer feed connectwitli the"conduits'in'the usual manner, each fertilizer'- and 'seedfconduit 'extendingl to its respectivehoe i815 for sowing. 5 'llhefcentral compartmentV l'would consequently .bey "provided .with .the v star or coneV feed-ing "mechanisms and; be provided: with tw'oparallel rowsv-ofdelivery :orifices l139' y arranged inista'ggered Vformationwith -re- 'llo spect to eachother, ythe frontlorifices'vbeing twelve in numberand the reanorifice's Athirteen in number tocorrespondrwith the number of grain f feeding oricesg and'v `the hoes employed menu. .v

J.: 'ln the modification illl'istrated in'fFigure 1 0, the jseed 'andfifertilizer boxis'divided into fourcompartments; .the two outergcom# partments: 133" and.y 135.9.being utilized.=for @120 feeding :grain-t0 theihos and the two inner compartments .140, 141 being utilized forthe fertilizer feed. 111.1:-

f i ln` the modificationv illustrated: in Figure n the seed dnd-redunde boxes' divided '125 'into` three'compartments 133, :135 A and137 as sliowli'inligurej, thefertilizing comvparfnfnent 137 being provided With fasing ;le l rowk of i feeding mechanisms; 142. consisting of" star-wheels -operatinglovenia plurality `5130 .tines7' andfiSt-u-HIP. Y

in a twenty iiveffurrow: imple 1515 of vorifices 143, each orifice leading to its particular conduit connecting with the cor-- responding hoe and inthe illustration one star feed wheel is adapted tol operate and feed-three orifices positioned inV staggered formation suchfas illustrated in Fi re 9.

. Y. Inthe construction illustrated in *igure 11 each star wheel operates over three ori- Vfices and feeds the fertilizer to three se arate conduits ofthe system bute-it will ye readily understood that the star wheel may be adapted to feed two, three or more orifices leading `to the conduits without departing from th'espirit and yscope of the invention. The seed and fertilizer sowing shafts are driven. by special gear but each individual lcone or star wheel for the fertilizer and wheels 146 of varying sizes adjustable along v toV regulate the speed.

l a sprocket wheel 154 on a spindle 155 supthe countershaft are-.employed for such purpose, the respective sprockets beingVY einployed according to the speed it is desired to feed tothe hoes. One of these sprockets- 146 is connected bya chain'151a (Figure 15) with a further sprocket 147 detachably mounted on a-small shaft 148 carried by a Vbearing bracket 149 depending from the grain :and Yfertilizer box 2. YThis sprocket,

"being detachable, may be replaced by sprockets of different sizes if so desired On the small she ft carrying the detachable sprocket 147, is a small pinion 149:L gearing withv a pinion 150 on the rearseed YVdistributing shaft 151; The 'front seed `distributingshaft 152 is driven from the shaft 148 byfa second sprocket on the said shaft 148 which isconnected by a chain 153 with ported in bearings and carrying a'further sprocket wheel connected by a chain 156 with a sprocket wheel 157 drivingthe front seed distributing 'shaft 152. Y.

Both front grain feeding mechanisms are karranged out of line with the rear grain ,feeding 'mechanisim being approximately three and one half inches from centre toV centre away from each other, that is to say,

Yalthough each of the rear and lfront grain feeding f mechanisms are approximately sevenv inches apart if lines were drawn parallel with each other through the centre of each grain or fertilizer feeding mecha- Ynism, the!l distance between such vparallel l lines would be approximately three and onehalf inches, and as the fertilizer feeding mechanisms are arranged in substantially the same wayJ ythe feedingr chutes of the grain and fertilizer-hoes looking from the underside assume asomewhat staggeredfformation.

In the arrangement of` stump jump'mecha-k nism as illustrated inFigures 7 and8, when fitted to the floating carriers 80, the-'construction of the carriers will beas illustrated Y in Figure 2,` the one carrier `A'being stepped inwardly and the next carrier 8() outwardly at the rear to allow `of room for thenecesvsary fittings, that is toy say, the carriers 80 at the rea'rfare out of line with the` front portionsas' illustrated in thel said figure. f

In a modification of the driveforthe grain distributors the rear grain shaft 151 yis driven from the wheel sprockets-40 by meansof the chains 41 and sprockets 42 on the vcountershaft 43. 'Any one of theV sprocket wheelsl 146 on the countershaft 43 is `connected by a chain 158 witha sprocket wheel 159 on a shortspind-le 160 mounted Vin bearings and provided with aspurfpinion Y161 meshing with another spur pinion 1.62

wheel 164cm a spindle 1 65 carrying a pinion 166 in mesh with a' pinion 167 which in turn meshes with a pinion 168 on .the front grain distributor shaft 152. Y Y s The drivev for the fertilizer distributing spindles is illustrated more lp'artici'ilarly lin -Figures 17'and 18;. On the countershaft43 and from one ofthe sets of sprocket vwheels 146 mounted thereon a chain 169 leads to a sprocket wheel 170 on ashort spindle 171 upon which is mounteda spur pinion 172 in mesh with a pinion 173 which in turn meshes with a spur pinion 174 'on the rear fertilizer distributing shaft 175.` On the spindle 171 is a vfurther pinion k17 6 meshingwith a spur pinion 177 on the front fertilizer distributino shaft 178. Y

Vhen a single row of star wheels 142 as illustrated in Figure 11 is to be driven, the drive consists of a chain 179 (Figure l18) leading from one of the sprocket wheels 146.

on vthe countershaft 43 to a sprocket wheel 180 on a short spindle 181 fitted Ywith a spur pinion 182 meshing with a spur pinion 183 on the fertilizer distributor shaft 184. -V

I desire itto be V,understoodthat it may not be necessary in some instances to fit a hoe't'o each'furrow former in which case a hoe-would only be litted toV alternate tines so that a furow former or tineV only would be positioned between each pair ofV combined hoes and tines in the system and any other form of staggering-may be employed without departing from the spirit and scopeV of the invention7 and if desired the imple- Y pended from the front of said main frame,

a plurality of seed and fertilizer conduits carried by eachof said lloating'fram'es and arranged in staggered relation, stump jump mechanism independently connecting each individual conduit to its floating frame, a combined grain and fertilizerrbox having independent grain and fertilizer compartments provided with delivery oriices, de-

livery chutes leading from 'said delivery orifices to said conduits, *distributing devices 'i in said compartments, operating means for said distributing devices, ai driving connec.-f

tion including .a clutch between said operating means and the tractor wheels, andmeans for simultaneously vraising and lowering all of said floating frames and at the same time'l f throwing said clutch out or in, each of said floating.V frames` being capable of vertical movementindependent of said'raising and lowering means.

Signed at Nhill, inthe State of Victoria,`

vCommonwealth of Australia, this 8 day of January, 1920. f JOHANN HEINRICH IuiIoHHLr.4

Witnesses:

SIDNEY HENDLEY, EDWARD HARRISON. 

